OF NEW ZEALAND. 253 



The females are distinguished by their shorter mandibles, smaller 

 head, shorter antennal club, and somewhat laterally rounded thorax. 



445. C. irroratUS, Parry; Trans. Ent. Soe.,\y., 56. Pitchy red, 

 with dull black spots scattered over the whole body ; inaiidihlcs porrect, 

 recurved, in front sharp, and behind denticulate ; antcnmc with the 

 three last leaflets very much elongated and pilose ; thorax quadrate, not 

 margined; elytra nefirly thrice the length of the thorax, of a pitchy brown, 

 reddish, punctate, with dull black spots sprinkled over the disc ; femo7-a 

 thickened ; tibice one-spined, serrated on the outside ; prosterniim and 

 mesosternum simple, not produced, ^ . In the female the three last leaf- 

 lets of antennae are of moderate size ; mandibles small, not much porrect, 

 one-toothed at the base ; body and thorax more rounded than in the 

 male. 



Length, \\ lines ; breadth, i-J line. 



Tort Nicholson. 



I found this species in several Auckland districts. 



446. C. zealandicus, i>-s. Mandibles rather short and stout, 

 l)orrect, recurved anteriorly, and with a prominent, external tooth near 

 tlie base. The antenuce are of moderate length, the scape setose, and 

 the three leaflets finely pubescent. The head is closely and coarsely 

 punctured, except a small space on the vertex. The thorax is transverse, 

 convex, obtusely angulated behind the middle, narrowed in front and 

 behind, and sinuated at each side of the base and apex ; its surface is 

 coarsely punctured except on the dorsal space behind the middle, and 

 it is squamose. The elytra are nearly three times as long as the thorax, 

 and slightly wider than it ; they are moderately convex, somewhat 

 rugosely punctate, and the scjuamosity is distributed irregularly, some- 

 times in longitudinal lines with intervening patches, this giving them a 

 chequered appearance, the margins distinct but not large. 'Y\\q. femora 

 are a little inflated, the two front pairs of tibiLC are armed externally with 

 a stout spine, and the anterior are crenated. '\!\it pro- ^cad. mcsosterna 

 are simple. Underside jjunctate and squamose. The general ground 

 colour is obscure rufous, the scales fulvous. The female may be dis- 

 tinguished by the less robust mandibles, smaller antennae, and shorter 

 legs. 



Length, 7 lines. 



I found this species at Tairua and Whangarei. 



447. C. albOg-UttatuS, Bates; Ent. Mag., W^. 39, /. 55. C. 

 parvus, ovatus, sub-depressus, brunneo-obscurus, thoracis lateribus late 

 rufescenti-brunneis, elytris maculis nonnullis albis e squamulis longiori- 

 bus formatis. 



Long., 3^ lin., ^ . 



Note. — I do not know its habitat, nor have I seen any examples of 

 the species ; the above description was sent to me by Captain F. W. 

 Hutton. 



448. C. foveolatUS, u.s. Mandibles i:)rominent, rather elongate, 

 porrect, recurved in front, with a lateral protuberant process near the 



